What medical issues might cause you to feel cold ‘all the time’?

What medical issues might cause you to feel cold ‘all the time’?

By Dr Holly, heard at noon pacific every Wednesday on News for the Soul

Wednesdays at NOON PST / 3PM EST – The Whole Health Initiative with Dr Holly – An NFTS Global Luminary broadcasting from Canada since March 2014 – Dr Holly is a Doctor of Natural Medicine, a scientist, a professional speaker, an author of Cancer: Why what you don’t know about your treatment could harm you and 12 other books and a practitioner. As a Doctor of Natural Medicine with 7 degrees & 3 designations in a wide range of healing modalities and 20 years experience, she can assist you in identifying and understanding your path to health. She can identify your underlying life themes, coping mechanisms, value systems and defense mechanisms to understanding the physiology and biochemistry and energy patterns of your body. She has a mobile health clinic that comes to your door and can assess 1000s of variables in front of you AND create a protocol unique to you. In addition, she provides consultation for physicians and clients around the world.

I think it was two weeks ago, Wendy in Washington State asked: I am always cold. Even In the middle of summer I’m freezing. I feel like something is not right but my doctors say I am fine. I’d like to ask Dr Holly’s opinion about this thanks.

I didn’t get around to answering the question in the hour, so I thought I would use it as the intro this week.

There are a number of reasons why someone might “always be cold”:

Cardiovascular system:

Various cardio issues can cause blockages in the vascular system

smoking can constrict blood vessels

insufficient nitric acid or other vascular dilators

a weak heart may not be pumping enough blood through the system can cause peripheral sensation of cold – chronic congestive heart failure – so blood is focused on internal organs rather than the periphery

It could be due to poor blood circulation other symptoms may include:

Bluish color to the skin as opposed to the normal pinkiness aka cyanosis

Insufficient sleep – throws off the regulatory mechanisms in the body and the body temp will drop

Dehydration – will contribute to deregulation of body temp; but there are many causes of dehydration:

Drink more when exercising

Salty and spicy foods can cause more dehydration

Alcohol can cause dehydration

Diabetes

Heart failure – reduction in blood volume will induce thirst

Liver problems may cause blood vessels in the throat to become enlarged and bleed – thus reducing blood flow

Stress and anxiety may cause a mental condition called polydipsia – thirsty with no apparent cause

So the big question after determining what is causing the problem, is obviously, how to resolve it. Well of course, treatment protocol varies widely depending on the cause. It would be nice if all we had to do was drink more water – yet that does work for some.

So what do you do if that doesn’t work for you:

Look at the symptoms in each category – note there will be a lot of overlap

Increase food intake that help with:

Increasing Vit B12

Iron

Hydrochloric acid production

You might want to get tested on issues that might apply like:

Vit B12

Iron

Hypothyroid

Chronic congestive heart issues

Rheumatoid arthritis

Lupus

Raynaud’s

Wednesdays at NOON PST / 3PM EST – The Whole Health Initiative with Dr Holly – An NFTS Global Luminary broadcasting from Canada since March 2014 – Dr Holly is a Doctor of Natural Medicine, a scientist, a professional speaker, an author of Cancer: Why what you don’t know about your treatment could harm you and 12 other books and a practitioner. As a Doctor of Natural Medicine with 7 degrees & 3 designations in a wide range of healing modalities and 20 years experience, she can assist you in identifying and understanding your path to health. She can identify your underlying life themes, coping mechanisms, value systems and defense mechanisms to understanding the physiology and biochemistry and energy patterns of your body. She has a mobile health clinic that comes to your door and can assess 1000s of variables in front of you AND create a protocol unique to you. In addition, she provides consultation for physicians and clients around the world.

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